FA102a Assignment 2

1. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
FA102a,
Research and Speculative
Product/Service Development

2. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Assignment 1, Research:
“Living in virtual worlds as an avatar”
http://www.kurzweilai.net/ask-ray-living-in-virtual-worlds-as-an-avatar

3. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Assignment 1, Research:
Will there be a life after death in Virtual Reality?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd2ka3-hvKA

4. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Assignment 1, Research:
“It is only a matter of time, and a timescale of
five to 10 decades seems about right.”
https://aeon.co/essays/the-virtual-afterlife-will-transform-humanity

5. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Assignment 1, Research:
“…our consciousness will become intimately
mingled with machine intelligence…”
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/death-may-not-be-so-final-thanks-these-creepy-
technologies-ncna821596

6. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Assignment 1, Future
Product or Service:
Virtual Heaven
• Brain is copied after death
• Computer simulates copied brain
• Continue living in virtual world
• Visit friends and family

7. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Source for Brand Character Words:
https://www.readdork.com/features/glass-animals-2017-has-been-sick
Glass Animals

8. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Naming Process:
LifeSim:
Life + Simulation

9. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Final Product/Service Name:
I chose LifeSim because it combines what a
virtual afterlife really is, a life simulation

10. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Brand Character Diagram Sketches(s):

11. Virtual Reality Afterlife Catherine McHugh
Brand Character Diagram: